Davin Heckman’s RetroTechnics

I’ve been working on an electronic poetry symposium over at Hyperrhiz called “Epoetica.” 

Electronic poetry is one (among many) culturally appropriate tools for
generating knowledge about the human self. Its unique character can
only be understood, obviously, through an understanding of its media
specific strengths and weaknesses. These strengths and weaknesses tend
to spin on the same axes. The most stunning unique quality circulates
around the question of technics (referring both to “technique” and
“technology,” as a particular way of responding to human life as a
series of “problems” with “solutions” that can be known, improved, and
transferred through empirical means.)

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[This review has been revised, extended, and picked up for Hyperrhiz.03.]

I recently hosted a reading/performance by hypermedia poet and artist, Jason Nelson (Griffith University, Australia). I’ve long been an admirer of his works (most of which can be found through www.secrettechnology.com), but the reading added a new dimension to my understanding of electronic poetry.  For a while now, I have been trying to figure out if there is a critical feature of hypermedia poetry…

I have an article coming out soon at CTheory, so watch for it!